Horseferry Road

Horseferry Road is a street in Westminster, central London which runs between Millbank and Victoria Street. It takes its name from the horse ferry which existed on the site of what is now Lambeth Bridge; the ford was in use since Roman times, and it later came to be owned by the Archbishop of Canterbury by 1513. In 1689, King James II of England crossed the ferry during his escape from England. In 1736, Parliament decided to replace the ferry with a bridge, but Parliament later changed the location, resulting in the construction of the Westminster Bridge and the ferry's decline. In 1862, the ferry was finally replaced by Lambeth Bridge.